Rumour GFC 2024 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 2

[cats_09]

Ask and we'll try our best to assist - so here's 2024 Provisional AFL Draft Order

As normal, would like to acknowledge & thank Lore for creating this, keeping it up to date and making it available for all users on BF to use and keep track of the picks ahead of the upcoming draft





I'll also sticky this post to ensure it's easily accessible for discussion of our hypothetical trader


Also,

2024 Free Agency Period​

The AFL introduced free agency at the end of the 2012 season, giving players another vehicle where they can transfer from one club to another. Free agency is a common form of player movement in major football and sporting codes around the world.

Free Agency Opens: Friday October 4 at 9.00am
Free Agency Closes: Friday October 11 at 5.00pm

Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period​

Trade Period Opens: Monday October 7 at 9.00am
Trade Period Closes: Wednesday October 16 at 7.30pm

 

[AndyMac05]

Jack Martin chooses Geelong, reported by Clark, Cleary and Co

Seemed inevitable once Rohan was delisted

 

[year of the cat]

Jack Martin chooses Geelong, reported by Clark, Cleary and Co

First piece done.

 

[Gunf]

Martin has skills but not sure how he fits into our team but i trust the process.


Just hope we aren't paying him to much as he has been injury prone.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

First piece done.

Let's dream for a sec, and we get Martin, Clarry, & Baz either back to their best, or playing career best footy.

I thought we were hated before. It might just reach a new realm.

 

[Turbocat]

I'm still seeing Bulldogs fans on socials say they should walk him to the PSD, not understanding the above

Try to explain to them that he'd nominate for the ND, not the PSD and that no club is wasting a first round pick on a player who doesn't want to play for their club

in a draft that is considered as good as any for a good time. If they knock back 15 ..there will be blood for a decade if the pick ends up being a ripper kid….

Hotton, Trainer , Berry , Lindsay .. ..but maybe they want another tall … a Whitlock Jack or Matt etc….

 

[Tony Barber]

Martin has skills but not sure how he fits into our team but i trust the process.


Just hope we aren't paying him to much as he has been injury prone.

Who cares about the money. The Fed government will give us cash for a stand that never gets built.

 

[moond0g]

Any news what the contract for Martin is like?

I think he is a shrewd pickup, as long as he's not on too much coin.

 

[cats_09]

For those interested, we've got a Jack thread

List Mgmt. - Welcome Jack Martin

The Cats are confident they can help Martin fix his injury issues after another year of soft tissue dramas at Carlton. Martin will join Geelong as a delisted free agent, costing the club nothing in a trade. Now to wait on the official paperwork

www.bigfooty.com

 

[FootyLad0]

Let's dream for a sec, and we get Martin, Clarry, & Baz either back to their best, or playing career best footy.

I thought we were hated before. It might just reach a new realm.

Gorringe was having a whinge on his Pod about Salary Cap (highly ironic from Blues fan), Brad Johnson (who still wears his Doggies colours in his media role) was adamant SDK was going to Dogs in exchange for Smith which both JJ and Damo shutdown as it sounded more like cope than anything else.

I imagine Clarry rumours are gonna make Garry Lyon have a salty hissy fit next time he’s on TV.

We are going to get nuclear level heat next year and MackAttack just sits back smirking at the results

 

[Munich]

Martin has skills but not sure how he fits into our team but i trust the process.


Just hope we aren't paying him to much as he has been injury prone.

Injury prone is an understatement.

 

[FootyLad0]

Injury prone is an understatement.

He’s our new Gary Rohan. Insurance in case Ollie Henry gets hurt or falls into a form rut.

He’s not playing ahead of any of these forwards

Jez, Neale, Stengle, Miers, Dempsey, Close, Mannagh, OHenry.

That’s 8 blokes. Into 6 spots, 7 into 6 if you move Dempsey to wing full time.

 

[D BRIDGE]

A fit Martin will keep guys like Close/Ollie Henry/Mannagh on their toes.

 

[cats_09]

Back to Bailey speculation

 

[magic_johnson!]

He’s our new Gary Rohan. Insurance in case Ollie Henry gets hurt or falls into a form rut.

He’s not playing ahead of any of these forwards

Jez, Neale, Stengle, Miers, Dempsey, Close, Mannagh, OHenry.

That’s 8 blokes. Into 6 spots, 7 into 6 if you move Dempsey to wing full time.

Hmm and not much room for a resting Dangerfield. The smalls are pretty reliable when it comes to injury too. I think Dempsey to the wing/midfield group is an almost certainty, but it’s still a tight group to break into.

 

[Turbocat]

Perfect world he gives us ISmith type return for 3 plus years..but imo, its not about games played , all that he needs to do is show what he did at times in this clip in a big important game for us …hopefully important finals ..and his signature will have been worth it..

 

[Zouz Kitty]

The conversations in question:

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[cats_09]

Hmm and not much room for a resting Dangerfield. The smalls are pretty reliable when it comes to injury too. I think Dempsey to the wing/midfield group is an almost certainty, but it’s still a tight group to break into.

Dempsey is already part of the wing/midfield group - watching the team warm up pre-match, they spilt into their groups and I can't remember the last time Dempsey warmed up with the forwards

We know he drifts forward during the match, but he'd definitely more a part of the midfield group than he is the forward group

 

[Sttew]

Back to Bailey speculation

Sounds like they know as much as us!

 

[catempire]

Perfect world he gives us ISmith type return for 3 plus years..but imo, its not about games played , all that he needs to do is show what he did at times in this clip in a big important game for us …hopefully important finals ..and his signature will have been worth it..

At a point in time I listed all of our 30+ recruits and I believe only Isaac and GAJ were able to be counted as successes with a litany of failures around them. Let’s hope this one is a

 

[Turbocat]

Dempsey is already part of the wing/midfield group - watching the team warm up pre-match, they spilt into their groups and I can't remember the last time Dempsey warmed up with the forwards

We know he drifts forward during the match, but he'd definitely more a part of the midfield group than he is the forward group

I wonder what Demp does over the preseason. Concentrate on running again…or try to put on some size.

 

[catempire]

At a point in time I listed all of our 30+ recruits and I believe only Isaac and GAJ were able to be counted as successes with a litany of failures around them. Let’s hope this one is a

Found it:

It’s interesting, if you look back at our “ready-made” recruits in the past decade and divide them between sub-28 and 28+ years old you see a pretty clear pattern. I’d want extremely good justification to get anyone over 28 based on this evidence. The two successes had 5 Premiership medals between them!!

Sub-28

Rivers
Caddy
Clark
Stanley
Blease
Dangerfield
Henderson
Z.Smith
S.Selwood
Menegola
Black
Tuohy
Stewart
Abbott
Kelly
Crameri
Rohan
Dalhaus
Fort
Atkins
Cameron
Stengle
O.Henry
Bruhn
Bowes


28+

McIntosh
Jenkins
Steven
Higgins
Ablett
Smith
Ceglar

 

[cats_09]

I wonder what Demp does over the preseason. Concentrate on running again…or try to put on some size.

Would he be able to put on a bit of size without losing his athletic ability?

 

[Tony Barber]

It must be free mustangs for everyone next year.
2025 is the 100th year of the longest paid sporting sponsorship in the world.

ha ha.

oh, and if you're into merch. Save cash. Because I bet Geelong go to town in the 100th year selling stuff.
Carji included.

Enjoy your new cars Jack, Oliver, Bailey.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Let's dream for a sec, and we get Martin, Clarry, & Baz either back to their best, or playing career best footy.

I thought we were hated before. It might just reach a new realm.

Aaaah! The Schadenfreude is getting stronger

 

[Tony Barber]

Would he be able to put on a bit of size without losing his athletic ability?

Holmes is still trying to put on size. They are kids. Bodies haven't even settled in yet.